Johnny Tremain was the boss of the attic, and possibly the household. He rules over the other apprentices, Dusty and Dove.
Dove doesn't like the way that Johnny bosses him around when he's 2 years older than Johnny.
Chapter 3
Johnny is very serious about his work. He plans to have his own house, and pick out his own apprentices when he gets older.
He doesn't seem to like the Patriots very much because the Patriots don't respect the English government.
Chapter 4
Johnny is serious about his work. It shows that he likes to be a silversmith, and hopes to become a very good silversmith when he gets older.
Chapter 6
It looked like an eye rising out of the sea. It conveys hope for all who see the crest.
Unit 2: The Pride of Your Power- Chapter 1
He knows that the Laphams would starve without him working at their shop.
Chapter 3
Dusty and Dove want to teach Johnny a lesson, so they give him a cracked crucible to work with the silver. When Johnny thinks the silver is done, he jumps toward the furnace, just as the crucible cracks.
Chapter 5
Mr. Lapham wants Johnny to leave, because of Johnny's crippled hand. All Johnny can do are chores now, because he can't be a silversmith.
Unit 3: An Earth of Brass Chapter 1
Rab rarely even reacts to Johnny's hand. Johnny likes Rab.
Chapter 3
Johnny has to learn to be humble since he can't be a silversmith. He can't be a silversmith, because of his crippled hand.
Unit 4: The Rising Eye Chapter 1
Lyte is very rude to Johnny because Lyte thinks that Johnny's mother named him after Lyte, so Johnny can say he's related to Lyte.
Chapter 2
The Whigs think that taxation without representation is tyranny. The Tories think that everything will get better if they just wait it out.
Chapter 5
​Some criminal punishments are being whipped, fined, and being set in the stocks.
Issanah ran into the courtroom, and yelled that Johnny had the cup all along. The judge decided that this was truth enough, and let Johnny go.
Unit 5: The Boston Observer Chapter 2
Johnny had to deliver papers through Boston and all it's neighboring towns. He also needs to learn how to ride a horse, and take care of it. After that, Johnny needs to learn to write again, and Mr. Lorne wants Johnny to read. The Whigs tell Johnny important news, and he takes the new back to The Boston Observer.
Chapters 3 & 4
Johnny is slightly homesick about the Laphams. He misses Mrs. Lapham and Cilla most of all.
People usually think that the expectations of others are the expectations that they are to be lived up to. So they decide to do what the other people want them to, even if what they want differs from what other people want.
Rab suggests that Johnny think before he speaks, so people won't get so offended over what Johnny says.
The Observers' Club was treasonous, because, basically, it was the beginning of a rebellion against England.
Unit 6: Salt-Water Tea Chapter 5
Johnny must learn to use an axe with his left hand if he wants to participate in the Tea Party.
Unit 7: The Fiddler's Bill Chapter 1
England says that no ship, except England's warships, may enter Boston Harbor.
All the colonies understood what that meant for Boston, so they all became enraged.
Chapter 2
General Gage thinks that everything will settle itself out smoothly.
Chapter 3
He knew that the Colonel would never get the horse, so he thought that what Johnny did was hilarious.
Johnny has changed because he has learned to control his temper.
Chapter 4
Johnny's feelings have changed because of Mr. Lapham dying the past spring. He now feels sorry for Mrs. Lapham, and what she had to do to keep the house looking neat.
Chapter 5
Mrs. Bessie, the housekeeper, is Sam Adam's spy in the Lyte household.
Unit 8: A World to Come Chapter 1
The Sons of Liberty want to fight back against the Tories. Mr. Lyte is a Tory, so they are going to drive him out of town.
Chapter 2
The Bible reveals that Johnny is Lyte's grandnephew through the piece of paper that shows the Lyte's genealogy.
Johnny is referring about how the Lytes where driven out of town. He thinks that there is going to be a war between them and the English.
Chapter 5
James Otis wants freedom to be available to everyone. He wants to end all tyranny in the world.
Unit 9: The Scarlet Deluge Chapter 1
There was a great battle at Portsmouth between the Americans and the Redcoats.The fight was so bloody, it could have been said it was like a flood(scarlet=red, deluge=flood).
Chapter 3
He is more humble than he was at the beginning of the book. He appreciates all the things that certain people did for him because they loved him.
Each Minute Man made his own bullets, and made his own gunpowder out of the very things that they own.
Chapter 5
Johnny felt very inadequate when he looked down the sight of the barrel. He didn't know how anyone could ever look at the barrel.
Unit 10: "Disperse, Ye Rebels" Chapter 1
The British were readying their landing boats which could mean that the Redcoats were preparing an invasion.
The signal in Charlestown is if there is one lantern in a church bell tower than the British will be heading by land. If there are two lanterns than the British will be coming by sea. There is a Provinicial Congress going on, and the British could arrest the Patriots attending the Congress.
Chapter 2
Rab knew that there was going to be fighting by the end of the week, and he wanted to be in it. Johnny couldn't believe that Rab was deserting him.
Chapter 4
Billy Dawes would act like a drunken farmer to slip past the gates of Lexington. Paul Revere would warn the Minute Men to get ready for battle.
Johnny told all the rebels that it was time to warn the people of Lexington.
Unit 11: Yankee Doodle Chapter 1
The first battle is at Lexington. The Minute Men are defeated because the were far outnumbered.
Chapter 3
None of the opposition leaders were in Boston, so the British couldn't punish them.
Chapter 4
The widow's mark on Johnny's forehead was the detail that convinced Lavinia about Johnny's past.
Chapter 5
The war helped make Johnny a man in his eyes. If the war never happened, he would still probably be a boy.
Unit 12: A Man Can Stand Up Chapter 1
Johnny rolled around in mud, tore his jacket, and smeared his face with blood. He did that so he could fit in with the wounded down at the wharf.
Chapter 2
The fact that a group of farmers had just won against an enormous empire would amaze anyone, even Johnny.
Chapter 3
Johnny was thinking about all the Minute Men that fought on Lexington Green, and how outnumbered they were against the British. Even through those odds, they somehow won. Johnny was almost about to cry when he was thinking about it.
Chapter 5
Rab dies because the doctors didn't know how to stop that amount of bleeding. Johnny cannot believe that Rab is dead.
Johnny doesn't feel any shame about his crippled hand anymore because he knows that some people have worst outcomes than he does with his hand.
Unit 1:Up and About-
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
- Johnny is very serious about his work. He plans to have his own house, and pick out his own apprentices when he gets older.
- He doesn't seem to like the Patriots very much because the Patriots don't respect the English government.
Chapter 4- Johnny is serious about his work. It shows that he likes to be a silversmith, and hopes to become a very good silversmith when he gets older.
Chapter 6- It looked like an eye rising out of the sea. It conveys hope for all who see the crest.
Unit 2: The Pride of Your Power-Chapter 1
- He knows that the Laphams would starve without him working at their shop.
Chapter 3- Dusty and Dove want to teach Johnny a lesson, so they give him a cracked crucible to work with the silver. When Johnny thinks the silver is done, he jumps toward the furnace, just as the crucible cracks.
Chapter 5- Mr. Lapham wants Johnny to leave, because of Johnny's crippled hand. All Johnny can do are chores now, because he can't be a silversmith.
Unit 3: An Earth of BrassChapter 1
- Rab rarely even reacts to Johnny's hand. Johnny likes Rab.
Chapter 3- Johnny has to learn to be humble since he can't be a silversmith. He can't be a silversmith, because of his crippled hand.
Unit 4: The Rising EyeChapter 1
- Lyte is very rude to Johnny because Lyte thinks that Johnny's mother named him after Lyte, so Johnny can say he's related to Lyte.
Chapter 2- The Whigs think that taxation without representation is tyranny. The Tories think that everything will get better if they just wait it out.
Chapter 5- ​Some criminal punishments are being whipped, fined, and being set in the stocks.
- Issanah ran into the courtroom, and yelled that Johnny had the cup all along. The judge decided that this was truth enough, and let Johnny go.
Unit 5: The Boston ObserverChapter 2
- Johnny had to deliver papers through Boston and all it's neighboring towns. He also needs to learn how to ride a horse, and take care of it. After that, Johnny needs to learn to write again, and Mr. Lorne wants Johnny to read. The Whigs tell Johnny important news, and he takes the new back to The Boston Observer.
Chapters 3 & 4- Johnny is slightly homesick about the Laphams. He misses Mrs. Lapham and Cilla most of all.
- People usually think that the expectations of others are the expectations that they are to be lived up to. So they decide to do what the other people want them to, even if what they want differs from what other people want.
- Rab suggests that Johnny think before he speaks, so people won't get so offended over what Johnny says.
- The Observers' Club was treasonous, because, basically, it was the beginning of a rebellion against England.
Unit 6: Salt-Water TeaChapter 5
- Johnny must learn to use an axe with his left hand if he wants to participate in the Tea Party.
Unit 7: The Fiddler's BillChapter 1
- England says that no ship, except England's warships, may enter Boston Harbor.
- All the colonies understood what that meant for Boston, so they all became enraged.
Chapter 2- General Gage thinks that everything will settle itself out smoothly.
Chapter 3- He knew that the Colonel would never get the horse, so he thought that what Johnny did was hilarious.
- Johnny has changed because he has learned to control his temper.
Chapter 4- Johnny's feelings have changed because of Mr. Lapham dying the past spring. He now feels sorry for Mrs. Lapham, and what she had to do to keep the house looking neat.
Chapter 5- Mrs. Bessie, the housekeeper, is Sam Adam's spy in the Lyte household.
Unit 8: A World to ComeChapter 1
- The Sons of Liberty want to fight back against the Tories. Mr. Lyte is a Tory, so they are going to drive him out of town.
Chapter 2- The Bible reveals that Johnny is Lyte's grandnephew through the piece of paper that shows the Lyte's genealogy.
- Johnny is referring about how the Lytes where driven out of town. He thinks that there is going to be a war between them and the English.
Chapter 5- James Otis wants freedom to be available to everyone. He wants to end all tyranny in the world.
Unit 9: The Scarlet DelugeChapter 1
- There was a great battle at Portsmouth between the Americans and the Redcoats.The fight was so bloody, it could have been said it was like a flood(scarlet=red, deluge=flood).
Chapter 3- He is more humble than he was at the beginning of the book. He appreciates all the things that certain people did for him because they loved him.
- Each Minute Man made his own bullets, and made his own gunpowder out of the very things that they own.
Chapter 5- Johnny felt very inadequate when he looked down the sight of the barrel. He didn't know how anyone could ever look at the barrel.
Unit 10: "Disperse, Ye Rebels"Chapter 1
- The British were readying their landing boats which could mean that the Redcoats were preparing an invasion.
- The signal in Charlestown is if there is one lantern in a church bell tower than the British will be heading by land. If there are two lanterns than the British will be coming by sea. There is a Provinicial Congress going on, and the British could arrest the Patriots attending the Congress.
Chapter 2- Rab knew that there was going to be fighting by the end of the week, and he wanted to be in it. Johnny couldn't believe that Rab was deserting him.
Chapter 4- Billy Dawes would act like a drunken farmer to slip past the gates of Lexington. Paul Revere would warn the Minute Men to get ready for battle.
- Johnny told all the rebels that it was time to warn the people of Lexington.
Unit 11: Yankee DoodleChapter 1
- The first battle is at Lexington. The Minute Men are defeated because the were far outnumbered.
Chapter 3- None of the opposition leaders were in Boston, so the British couldn't punish them.
Chapter 4- The widow's mark on Johnny's forehead was the detail that convinced Lavinia about Johnny's past.
Chapter 5- The war helped make Johnny a man in his eyes. If the war never happened, he would still probably be a boy.
Unit 12: A Man Can Stand UpChapter 1
- Johnny rolled around in mud, tore his jacket, and smeared his face with blood. He did that so he could fit in with the wounded down at the wharf.
Chapter 2- The fact that a group of farmers had just won against an enormous empire would amaze anyone, even Johnny.
Chapter 3- Johnny was thinking about all the Minute Men that fought on Lexington Green, and how outnumbered they were against the British. Even through those odds, they somehow won. Johnny was almost about to cry when he was thinking about it.
Chapter 5